use strict;
use warnings;
use feature qw( say );

use Encode qw( );

my $orig = "\xE8\xAB\x86\x0A";

utf8::encode( my $enc_once = $orig );
utf8::encode( my $enc_twice = $enc_once );
say('length = ', length($orig));


{
   say("Using utf8::decode");
   utf8::decode( my $dec_once = $enc_twice );
   utf8::decode( my $dec_twice = $dec_once );
   say('length = ', length($dec_twice));
   say($orig eq $dec_twice ? 'ok' : 'not ok');
}

{
   say("Using Encode::decode");
   my $dec_once = Encode::decode('UTF-8', $enc_twice);
   my $dec_twice = Encode::decode('UTF-8', $dec_once);
   say('length = ', length($dec_twice));
   say($orig eq $dec_twice ? 'ok' : 'not ok');
}

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length = 4
Using utf8::decode
length = 4
ok
Using Encode::decode
length = 4
ok

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Works fine for me, both ways.

I'll take your word for it that you are experiencing a problem, but I'm not going to comb through the hundreds of lines you posted to find what it is. If this doesn't help, please post a minimal demonstration of the problem.

In reply to Re: utf8::decode vs. Encode::decode with regard to the length function by ikegami
in thread utf8::decode vs. Encode::decode with regard to the length function by Anonymous Monk

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